Coat



Patented lie, i6, i926;

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lil Vil vea mui n COAT.

Application led February To aZZ whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Isuioun M. Conni?, a citizen ot' the Unite-d States,residing at Philadelphia, county ot Philadelphia, and State otPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements inCoats, ot Whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparel, and has particularreference to a coat.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved coat ot siinpleconstruction having a neat interior appearance and wherein pockets ofthecoat are constructed and supported in position in a novel inanncr.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly roin the'lollovvine` detail-ed description, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, which illus trates a preferred embodiment ot' theinventive idea.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view oi the interior ofthe coat constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the manner otsecuring' the pockets in position; and

Figure 3 is a sectional vienv on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 also illustating the inanner of mounting the pockets.

"he coat, in its preferred torni, is shown as consisting of the hackpart l. to which is joined on opposite sid-cs thereof the front parts 5,only one ot' ivhich is illustrated in Figure l, the other part being adupl'catc ot the one shown. The front and hack parts are joined alongthe seam (i troni which the edges or flaps T extend.

The coat is provided with a lining which does not fully cover theinterior ot the coat, the saine consisting or' side sections S vand themiddle or top section 9, These sections are secured tog-ether adjacentthe arniholcs 19, 1925. Serial No. IOJ.

l0 and entizeljv surround the latter, the lining' including a relativelynarrow strip ll which extends along the lou'cr edge ot each arinhole. i

The side ja'iclicts li are secured to the interior ot the coat and .inorder to reduce the cost ot production and the time consunicd in makingthe coat onlf,v the Vforward portion ot the upper edge o1" each pocketis sened to the l'ront l, as indicated at ifi, the rcniaininfr or rearportion ot faid upper edge and the rear vertical edge ot pocket hcingrunatiached h v filtching. order that the rear upper corner ot the pocketwill not told over hut he held in tlat j relation to the hody ot thecoat there provided a llexihlc connection l-l, preferably a thin si ripof the lining', one end of which is secured to said corner while theother curl is extended in sultantial parallelism to said upper edge andsccurcffl to an adjacent liap 7 reainvardljv ot said vertical educ. lnthis manner the cmner ot thc pocket which not attached directly to thehotly ot the coat will he in llal position and prevented troni 'foldingover on thc niain portion of the pocket.

.fll'hat is clainicd is: f jr garment including' a pochct having astraight upper edge with only the forward portion thereof secured to theinterior ot thegarinent, and a ilcxihlc cornicction hetivecn the rearend ol2 thc uneourc-.fl portion of said upper edge, said unsecuredportion, together with the rear Vvertical edge ot' the poclget, lneiip'otherwise 'tree ot the garnient, and said connection proj Meting tronisai-d' upper edge in sulystantial parallelism thereto and lining'.secured to said rarnient at a point rearwardly ot said vertical edge.

in testimony whereof l signature.

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